片割れ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
片	割
かた Grade: 6	わ Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
片割 片破れ (rare) 片破 (rare)

Etymology

片(かた) (kata, “one side or part”) + 割(わ)れ (ware, “broken piece”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ta̠ɰᵝa̠ɾe̞]

Noun

片(かた)割(わ)れ • (kataware) 

1. one part or fragment of something broken

   Synonyms: 断片 (danpen), 欠片 (kakera)

2. one part or member of a pair, a group, or a set of something or some people
3. one of the bodies resulted from the split of another one into many parts

   Synonym: 分身 (bunshin)